Sources: Florida Impact, Feeding Florida, 2007; US Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Food Stamps, 2006; US Census Bureau, Population Estimates, County total population, population change and estimated components of population change: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006, n.d.
Households that have "consistent access to enough food for active healthy lives" are considered "food secure," according to the US Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (Source: USDA, Economic Research Service, 2007).
According to estimates from a Tallahassee-based organization called Florida Impact, in three of the five North Florida counties served by Bread of the Mighty Food Bank, the percentage of "potentially food insecure households" exceeds the average for the state of Florida (Source: Florida Impact, Feeding Florida, 2007).
A comparison of the number of food stamp recipients in July 2004 (Source: US Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Food Stamps, 2006) and the estimated 2004 population (Source: US Census Bureau, County total population, population change and estimated components of population change: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006, n.d.) shows that a larger percentage of the residents in these same five counties use food stamps than in the rest of the state.